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Thursday, April 30, 2026

35 Tapes "Veil on Life"

Country: Norway
Genre(s)Symphonic
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 30, 2026
Tracklist
1. Hallway – (6:43) 
2. Waters – (5:14) 
3. Brisé Volé – (7:41) 
4. Borrowed Time – (6:24) 
5. Clueless – (6:07) 
6. Cities – (8:23) 

Total Time 40:32

Credits
Jarle Wangen: bass, guitars, vocals
Morten Lund: guitars, keyboards, vocals (producer)
Jo Wang: keyboards, Therevox
Andreas Eriksen: keyboards, percussion
Kai Lundewall: drums, vocals

Frank Lewis: live sound, recording engineer, guitar amps, circuit wizard

Description/Reviews:
It’s a sixtrack record that pushes the band into a more powerful, riff-driven register while preserving their signature analogue warmth and modern clarity. 
Where Fabric of Time played as a slow-burning homage to 1970s symphonic rock with a contemporary touch, Veil on Life feels current and assertive. The lyrics address memory, identity and time, each in their own way. For example, Hallway builds up a meditative distance that nudges the listener into relaxation, whilst Waters takes the listener on an evolutionary journey. Brisé Volé encourages self-scrutiny, whereas Clueless is restless and yearning, and Cities explores urban longing. Instrumentally the band still leans on Mellotron, Therevox and vintage synths. But this recording is driven by energetic electric guitars and shimmering 12-string acoustics, all backed by a warm 70s-style bass and firm rhythms that add texture and weight while preserving the band’s atmospheric songcraft.
Fans of 35 Tapes restrained cinematic prog will recognise the band’s typical warm, spacious mixes, while being introduced to new forceful soundscapes. Veil on Life balances the band’s tasteful restraint with boosted emotional confidence, delivered with discipline rather than excess.

Media/Samples
Hallway


Friday, April 24, 2026

French TV "The Spanish Caper"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Cuneiform Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 24, 2026
Tracklist
1. Entrance of the Small-Faced Man
2. Who Is X-35?
3. Just Another Tapdance on the Frying Pan of Life
4. The Eyes Roll for Thee
5. In Pursuit of Element 'Z'
6. An Unusual Tolerance for the Detrius of Memorabilia
7. The Spanish Caper 
8. Forest of Forgotten Skulls
9. break between disc 1 and disc 2

10. 20th Century Man
11. Nantucket Sleigh Ride
12. Goin' a Little Crazy
13. Fresh Garbage
14. Butterfly Bleu
15. Dead Man's Dream
16. Take a Look Around
17. Funky Judge
18. Freedom Rider 
19. Days and Nights
20. A Million Miles Away
21. Renegade

Credits
Disc One:
Mike Sary : bass
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE) : guitar
Jeff Gard : drums
Nico Fabre : keyboards
Ludo Fabre : violin
Karl Ledus : sax, weirdophone

Disc One majority tracking at Pen de Ceros Studios, Oviedo, Spain July 2024.

Disc Two
Mike Sary : bass, vocals
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE) : guitars
Pat Stawser (Volare) : keyboards
Jeff 'The Funky Judge' Gard : drums
Gregory Acker : sax, flute

Disc Two recorded, mixed and mastered at Louisville Recording Arts, Louisville KY by Howie Gano 2023-2024

Description/Reviews:
Disc One is new songs. The second disc is a collection of somewhat-obscure rock covers from the late 60s-early 70s. 
Blending elements of progressive rock, fusion, cartoon music, and Rock-in-Opposition, the music of French TV can be simultaneously hilarious and highly challenging, making it one of the most original American prog rock outfits and also one of the longest lived, having created 16 albums as well as having toured Europe and the US, along with many major festivals since their formation in 1983.

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Progarchives
Proggnosis

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Phaedrus "Pleiades Suite"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Vessence Experimental
Format: CD,digital
Release date: April 21, 2026
Tracklist
1. Merope (10:37) 
2. Maia (9:03) 
3. Taygete (7:40) 
4. Alcyone (8:57) 
5. Electra (6:32) 
6. Sterope (6:14) 
7. Celaeno (8:49) 

Total Time 57:52

Credits
César G. Forero (Kotebel) — Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Clarinet
Víctor Rodríguez (October Equus) — Keyboards, Digital Orchestral Production, Sonic Landscapes
Carlos G. Plaza (Kotebel) — Keyboards, Bass, Drums
  With
Carlos Franco Vivas - Percussion (4)

Produced by Alexis Lope-Bello.
Recording, mixing and mastering done at the respective studio projects of Phaedrus Project members, 2025-2026.

Cover Paintings and Design by Víctor Rodríguez

Description/Reviews:
It is a musical representation of the 7 goddesses associated with the most prominent stars of the Pleiades cluster. 

Media/Samples
Bandcamp
 
Links:
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Quiet Observer "Another form of life"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock
Formatdigital
Release date: April 8, 2026
Tracklist
1. Venus Turned Inside Out (3:35) 
2. Sneakerhead (3:45) 
3. Protoplanetary Disk (3:43) 
4. Aura (5:00) 
5. Tuculans (3:19) 
6. Alexs Nightmare (3:03) 
7. Puppet Princess (4:10) 
8. Wasteland (5:14) 
9. Shibuya Crossing (4:02) 
10. Infinite Horizon (3:30) 

Total Time 39:21

Credits
Dennis Fursov (Zolar Czack) - everything
   Except
Denis Shvarts - solo (2,3)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Friday, April 3, 2026

Green Carnation "A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: April 3, 2026
Tracklist
1. Sanguis (9:05)
2. Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold (4:04)
3. Sweet to the Point of Bitter (5:58)
4. I Am Time (5:39)
5. Fire in Ice (7:03)
6. Lunar Tale (5:25)

Full runtime: 37:16

Credits
Kjetil Nordhus — Vocals
Stein Roger Sordal — Bass, Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals (2)
Bjørn Harstad — Lead Guitars, Effects
Endre Kirkesola — Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects, Backing Vocals (6)
Jonathan Alejandro Perez — Drums
   With:
Ingrid Ose — Flute (6)

Recording, Mixing & Mastering at DUB Studio
Producers — Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, Kjetil Nordhus
Sound Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad
Mixing Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad
Mastering Engineer — Lawrence Mackrory
Cover Artist: Niklas Sundin

Description/Reviews:
If Green Carnation set sail from a familiar place of melancholy on The Shores of Melancholia, then Sanguis finds the band far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds. Whereas Part I only scratched at the surface, the epic title track that opens Part II vows to forgive and forget old bloodied wounds. Over the course of nine minutes, cresting cleans and swells of organ from long-time producer and newest member Endre Kirkesola try and wash away the familial wreckage — only for a traumatic childhood memory to come flooding back during the song’s doomy coda.
The heaviness that launched Green Carnation during Part I of A Dark Poem has aged like a fine wine on Sanguis. “Sweet to the Point of Bitter” balances meaty riffs with a pleasing melody and underlying notes of resentment. “You will acknowledge I was broken / Before you came around”. With a guitar solo that winds like the winds of change, “I Am Time” demands immediate recognition. 
But while “Fire In Ice” stokes the political flames viewed from The Shores of Melancholia with pounding windchills of double bass, Part II reveals Green Carnation at their most raw and vulnerable. 
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Sanguis (Blood Ties)

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